30 Facts About Mexico State

1. Mexico State is the country with the most Spanish speakers in the world.

2. Mexico State is one of the most bio-diverse countries on earth.

3. Mexico State is one of the world's top travel destinations and for US travellers, Mexico is the top destination.

4. Mexico State is situated on the 'Ring of Fire', the world's most prominent volcano and earthquake region.

5. Mexico State is located on the North American continent and shares borders with the USA in the north and Belize and Guatemala in the south.

6. Since the early 1990s, Mexico State entered a transitional stage in the health of its population and some indicators such as mortality patterns are identical to those found in highly developed countries like Germany or Japan.

7. Mexico State is an international power in professional boxing.

8. Mexico State has had several players signed by Major League teams, the most famous of them being Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela.

9. In 2005, Mexico State presented the candidature of its gastronomy for World Heritage Site of UNESCO, being the first occasion in which a country had presented its gastronomic tradition for this purpose.

10. Mexico State has the largest media industry in Latin America, producing Mexican artists who are famous in Central and South America and parts of Europe, especially Spain.

11. Mexico State had an active slave trade during the colonial period and some 200,000 Africans were taken there, primarily in the 17th century.

12. Mexico State is the country with the world's third largest solar potential.

13. Mexico State produces the most automobiles of any North American nation.

14. Mexico State is the second largest exporter of electronics to the United States where it exported $71.4 billion worth of electronics in 2011.

15. Mexico State has the sixth largest electronics industry in the world after China, United States, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

16. Mexico State has the capabilities to manufacture nuclear weapons, but abandoned this possibility with the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1968 and pledged to only use its nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

17. Mexico State is crossed from north to south by two mountain ranges known as Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental, which are the extension of the Rocky Mountains from northern North America.

18. Mexico State is located between latitudes 14° and 33°N, and longitudes 86° and 119°W in the southern portion of North America.

19. Mexico State was forced to give up more than one-third of its land to the US, including Alta California, Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico and the territory claimed by Texas.

20. Mexico State has the 15th largest nominal GDP and the 11th largest by purchasing power parity.

21. Mexico State contains 23 radio stations, 29 television station, the information out there is that the two public stations (radio and television) are "Radio Mexiquense" and "Television Mexiquense".

22. Mexico State is governed according to the Constitution of the State of Mexico and the law of the State of Mexico.

23. Mexico State has beautiful scenery from mountains to forests to deserts.

24. In 1993, a law was enacted whereby the Mexico State granted them legal status as "religious associations".

25. Mexico State is known for its red and black moles, the barbacoa of Capulhuac and Tenango del Valle, the chorizo sausage of Toluca and the cheese products of Ayapango and Aculco.

26. Mexico State has twenty six museums and 543 libraries dependent on the Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura.

27. Mexico State contains 23 radio stations, 29 television station, the information out there is that the two public stations (radio and television) are "Radio Mexiquense" and "Television Mexiquense".

28. Mexico State has 49 environmentally protected areas, with the most important being the Nevado de Toluca National Park.

29. Mexico State is divided into five natural regions: the Volcanos of the Valley of Mexico, the hills and plains north of the state, the western mountains, the Balsas Depression and the mountains and valleys of the southeast.

30. Mexico State is located in the center of the country, consisting mostly of the eastern side of the Anahuac Mesa.